Description

ALTARNUN BOLVENTOR
SX 17 NE
6/82 Holy Trinity Church
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GV II

Parish church, now disused. 1846, built for patron Squire Rodd of Trebartha.
Snecked local stone with granite plinth and granite dressings. Slate roof with lower
roof to chancel.
Plan: Nave and chancel, north and south transepts, south porch, vestry and belcote
at junction of nave and chancel.
Exterior: Small church with belcot at junction of nave and chancel. The corbelled
octagonal belcote has four pierced openings and a conical roof surmounted by a
finial. C19 3-light Perpendicular tracery in 4-centred arched window openings in
gable ends of nave and chancel, transepts and similar windows in north and south
walls of nave; the windows have been boarded now that the church is disused. Gabled
south porch with C19 inner door.
Interior: C19 plastered walls and C19 arch braced roof. Roof of nave and transepts
of similar height with lower roof to chancel. Roughly dressed granite columns to
chancel arch with moulded caps and bases. Octagonal font with bowl decorated with
quatrefoils and crosses. Simple C19 furnishings.
The separate parish of Bolventor was formed in 1846.
Axford, E.C. Bodmin Moor, 1975.

Listing NGR: SX1802276547

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Holy Trinity Church at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26613435

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas